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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, 1999
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 697 580 117 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 369 305 64 52.9 52.6 54.7
FEMALES 328 275 53 47.0 47.4 45.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 137 102 35 19.6 17.6 29.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 80 63 17 11.5 10.9 14.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 57 44 13 8.2 7.6 11.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 239 151 88 34.3 26.0 75.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 95 62 33 13.6 10.7 28.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.4 0.2 1.7
15-19 134 101 33 19.2 17.4 28.2
20-24 237 192 45 34.0 33.1 38.5
25-29 181 159 22 26.0 27.4 18.8
30-34 106 98 8 15.2 16.9 6.8
35-39 31 24 7 4.4 4.1 6.0
40-44 5 5 0 0.7 0.9 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.4 0.2 1.7
15-19 92 61 31 13.2 10.5 26.5
20-24 97 61 36 13.9 10.5 30.8
25-29 30 16 14 4.3 2.8 12.0
30-34 15 11 4 2.2 1.9 3.4
35-39 2 1 1 0.3 0.2 0.8
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 4 0 0.6 0.7 -
7-9 YEARS 63 53 10 9.0 9.1 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 100 75 25 14.3 12.9 21.4
12 YEARS 220 171 49 31.6 29.5 41.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 211 183 28 30.3 31.6 23.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 98 94 4 14.1 16.2 3.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.3 0.2 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 593 510 83 85.1 87.9 70.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 92 64 28 13.2 11.0 23.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 5 3 1.1 0.9 2.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.3 - 1.7
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
